Hosiery-drying form



April 2, 1929.

. NEBEL HOSIEHY DRYING FORM Filed May 28, 1926 F/GJ.

tricity.

vPatented Apr. 19229., Y

osoAR` Nnisiinaor' HA'rBono, ienNNsYmAN'IA, AssiGNoR :no PHILADELPiiiA yivimJAL DRYING FORM COMPANLOFBHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AconroRATioN oF DELAWARE;

. Application *filled May i 2:8?,

My invention relates to hosiery vdrying forms.. f y 'Y Heretofore in the drying of hosiery, after it has been dyed andthe excessv moisture removed in a wlii'zzei, the hosiery is plaeed on metal ormsheated by the introduction of Vsteam into their interiors, or by elec The hollow, metal drying formhas proved highly ellioient in the drying oi' hosiery and;

also serves theiurther `purpose of giving 'to' the hosiery a pressed and iinishedappearance enabling it to be packed, without fur- "ther treatment, afterv removal from they rlhe hollow metal forms, heretofore used, have been construetedfor al single size of hosiery,` or ota size enabling a givenv formv tol accommodate a size andfhal size. Thus, for the accoinmodationoi:l hosiery of the customary various sizes, there is required .unnecessarily'large number of forms; f

n Efforts have been made to meet the` prob-A lem of handling'hosiery of different sizes by providing formsfhaving detachable toe pieces, the tormb'c-ing adapted to various .i sizes by the application of different toe.,`

pieces.k Such forms have' piovedadvan.-k

1 tage'ous, but the detachable. toe is notan form, embodying'my invention, v

entirely satisfactory solution-of the prob-k` Now, it is the object of my-invention to provide 'a hosiery drying torm so oonstructed as to bereadily'adjustable for the Q reception of hosiery of anysize; 'y A Y Having now indicated, infa general way, the nature-rand purposev oi my invention, I

will proceed to adetailcd description thereif of with reference to the aclcompanying drawings in which there isillustrat'ed a pref ferred embodiment andgin which:

Fig.` l, is a rear View of a hosiery drying Fig. 2, is a fragmentary view, partlyinl section, of thesubject ofFig'ure 1.,"showi`ng a detail of construction..y n Y Fig. '3,*isfa sectional view ony line-8f3 FigureQ. .Y Fig. 4l, lis a perspective view of a detach#- able heel. l I f vInthe drawings a indicates a hollow metal form provided with a baseib, adaptable, for." connectionto a support for the form. y The n yiios'iERY,-DRYING Foiaivr.

ieee'.y vserai N6. 112,194.

backv and vliront walls of the formareflat and in substantial parallelism, beingse'parated, andthe interior` of the form Idivided by a partition o., Theedge portions ofthe j vallsare brought together to form bevelled ling, the, heel portion vbeing received on a separable heelportion j' shaped'iin the form ofthe usual French heel.

the form and is provided with a groovev g.

The rearface of the heel portion f lis made iiat so as Ito bear against the rear -fa'ceA of The rear face of the foi-rfi is provided A with a .projecting vguide It, which extends longitudinallyof the form and is provided' with a seriesjof th'readed'holesfz' and a ,series i of transverse lines j in association with,

Whichis a numeral orzhalf size. f

The heel member f' is ladapted to be placed with its yrearface bearing .against "the: form in suoli a position that the'guide /pwill be within the groove g; Thus the heel'member will be slidable with relation i I 'i lto the foot portion e lof the form and `its lower edge may be valigned Lwith any one ot thelines y.

indicating' af hosiery size The lines. j areso located with relation to the foot'portion of the form as tor indicate the proper position of the heel halfsizes of' hosiery. i

yfor any one of several different sizes orf by linea-ns .Ofa screw la, which passes through f Y anaperture Z in the heel member and may be entered inanyvone of the holes z' in the .f

.member t.

theeapertui'e Z is so" located with relation toV It will. now be observed "that virtuevv -my invention, agform is provided ofusuch n. suibsmieisaed that the heiss are so located with relation tothe lines and l95 Vthe Alower edge oli-member ffthat when the Ziwill be aligned Y,

structure as to be readily adapted to hosieryfV need not beiremoved from .the .form for adjustment.` f

fof-'varioussizes by merely`--adjusting'fthe Vpositionotl theheel, which itgWill benoted Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is v l. Aliosiery drying forni having opposite substantially parallel faces, a` foot receiving portion formed at-one' end. of said form, a longitudinally extending` guilde .positioned onand extendingJ outwardly Jfronione oi'. saidV faces adjacent the foot receii-'iinfg portion, a separate heel receiving and folding; member grooved for slidablef engagement with said guide and ineans for securing said member in different 'positions longitudinally of'said, guide to cooperate wit-li tlie foot ifecciving portion to receive the feet and heels or' hosiery of different sizes. .y

2. A hosiery drying,I form comprising-` side members spaced in substantial parallelism and formed to provide toot and leg receiving portions, a guide positioned on ander;-

tending` longitudinall f and outwardly ol".v

one of the side inem ers, a separate lieel receiving and folding member gi'ooved te s l'idably engage said guide, a plurality of spacedopenings in' said guide arranged lonvgiltudinally thereof", and. means carried by said heel member at one point tliereot In testimony of which invention, 'l liaive hereunto set invl hand, at Hatboi'o, Pa., on

this 20th day Q'M'ayJQQG. Y

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